Thrust bearing



F. S. MORTON THRUST BEARIN July 7, 1925.

Filed Sept. 2, 1924 'IIII/VIIIIIJ rlllllpall IIIII 11. M 17227872257: fld. ,5: MOP T To allwh m mdyl mw -z Be it known that I', Flinn S. MoR' oN, a f citizen of the United.- States, residing at constitutes all the waste thereis inside the lowing is a specification. I

e to provide for manufacturing the two ball Patented July 7, 1925.

' rum) S .MORTON, QI WORCESTER,HASSAQHUSETTS.

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I Application filed September Worcester; in the county of Worcestenand' State of Massachusetts, :have invented a new and useful Thrust Bearing, of which the. fol- I This invention relates to that class of 'ball races used in thrustbearings. L

7 The principal ob'ect. of theinvention is races of sheet 'metalfin ..such a form thatit will leave only small scraps of waste and permit of the use of metal. of. comparatively thin stock, thus economizing. in t wo ways in the amount of metal used.

" aear'enee s to be had to the} ideally-anyi .d yi i' whie .I Fig. is ""afcentral sectional view lof a circularblank as originally-cut out. f0r the production of-Thalflof-a race its preferred form; .1

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of rone of the races formed from that blank p Figl 3 is asimilar sectional view ofthe completelrolle k with the balls and-outer casing inplace; and f Jiigs. 4, 5., 6,- 7,8, 9,;10,.'and 11 are views similar to Fig. 2 showing otherlforms. in which the-invention: can carried out. Referring, first to Figs." 1,;2, and 3,] I

' wouldsayf that a ball race constructedfin the gener'aYtype shown in Fig.f;3,is' formdo'f thin 'sheetmetal' instead of thick metal-or barstock As these races have beenl'inade before, there is a'n-outer' case .10 substantially cylindrical Outside. and two ball races-11 and 12 inside the o1i't'er. case, one fixed-to itand the other ,freelyrotatabiein. it without touchingit or at least bearingon'it. They are provided with circular grooves 13': of semi-circular cross-section. for the balls 14. These ball traces ordinarily vare. "each made of a. solid pieceofmetal of ,substantiall the. totalthicknessshow-nfin Fig. :whic :involves afla'rge, waste of the metal that is punched outto ;form the circular opening: '16 which has to be provided. Furthermorei -it isexpensive to handle metal of that thickness and powerful dies have tobe. used tojcut it and manipulate it. This invention has for its purpose the substitution of thin sheet metal stock for the thick metal previously used.

The first operation is to cutout from this thin stock a circular blank A as shown in 2, {19:14. Serial no. 735350.

As will be seen from the description that fol- .Fig.':1, having a perforation at the centen' 1ows,';thi s small perforation} at the center 7 blank and reduces thetotal' amount of waste as well as the-sizeo f thewaste pieces; This dblankcanbe'shaped up in tlies in various- ,'shapes.

In; the form shown 2 the circular groove 13 as usual is formed at the proper distance from the geometricalcenter of the iblank, that is, the. distance which it' will occupy in the. completed article. Then two .flanges 17 and 18 are bent downwardly and backwardly into cylindricalishape from'the .st pk 9f th nkfTh g s are t n up -into the. same" plane to term theft'wo circular parts',19 "and 20 coming into contact .vvith eachotherona circle 21- The do not have to be weld ed but will retain this shape.

They engage against the rear surface behind the groove 13 and thus strengthen the article. This leaves a circular space. 22 inthe ball race but this does not weaken it in View of the construction shown as the two flanges 19 and 20 are in contact with the projecting I circular convex wall back-o f the ball race 13. This furnishes a ball race-adapted to be assembled as shown in Fig.- 3, of the same strength fas a solid one by the of thinner metal which can be manipulated more easily andwith less power behind the dieand with comparativelylittlewaste; 1 i e 1 Theother Ifigures allsho g diflerent was in which a blank originally just like't e blank A shownin Fig. 1, or very similar to it, can be formed." 7 Q g I f I In. Fig. 4 the; construction is 'ust. op site tor-that shownin Fig. 2,,the ball race eing formed on the edges of thelast two flanges fvvhich are shaped up instead of being formed rst. i In Fig. 5 the conditions are the same as in Fig. 2, except that oneof the flanges 17 is cut oil shorter and the inner flange 18 is inadelonger and bentup into contact with the side. instead of the end of the-flange 17 )In Fig. 6 the ball race is formed on the flanges instead of the innerv flanges are turned=in1andgthe point of'junctionjjis a little diflerent. L w Fig. 9 is a reversal of Fig. 6 practically. Fig. 10 shows aconstruction like Fig.8

except that the joint is formed as in Fig. 5.

Two of these ball races are assembled with the balls and the casing 10 put on them in the usual way to form the complete-roller shown in Fig. 3.

These" various forms all come'within the scope oftliisinveiition and arenot intended 't'oshow all constructions that can be made "in accordance with' it. In all cases the ad- "vantage of thin metal is used, in most cases the amount pu'nc'hed out at the center is very -claim's'. "Therefore I do notwish to be liinitedxjto all the] details Ol -construction liereins'hown and"described, -but what I do As an article of manufacture, a ball race-stamped=out'of athin sheet of metal 4 fro'rnla bla nkof circular shape and having aeircuiar opening'in the center "and provided avlth a circular ball race semi-clrcular 1I1" cross-sect on and provided wlth two cyli'n dricahflanges bent from the plane of the original blank at the edges of the semi circular 'part 'bjackwardly to produce thedesired thickness'of the b'all'racej 2 As a'rticleof manufacture, a ball race stamped out of a thinsheet of metal from a blank of "circular shapeand'having afcirc'ularopening'in-the center and provided with a circular ball racesemi-circular incross-section formed by bending the metal and provided with two, cylindrical'flanges bent from the plane of the'original blank backwardly toproduce the desired thickness ofthe b'all race,-a'nd*having the edges of said flanges bent inwardly toward each other into'ia':plane'and'into contact with the rear surface of the blank behind the ball raceto strengthenthe structure.

As an garticle' of manufacture, ,a' ball racefor' the purpose des'cribed'formed from a =fcirciilarblank of sheet metal centrally perfora'ted and provided with a circular groove.

s'eii igcircular inf crossesection to form the ball race proper and having two flanges of cylinshape e tending backwardly from the groove,one at the outerside of the'ball race and the other" atthe inner side formed from at the outer side of the ball race and the other at the inner side, one of said flanges being continuous with the'metalat'one' side of'the ball race. I

V 5. As an article of manufacture, "a, ball race for the purpose described formed from a circular blank of sheet' metal and provided with a circular groove semi-circular 111 crosssection to'form the'ball race proper and'having'two flanges of cylindrical shape, one at the outer side of the ball race'and the other at the inner side formed from 'saidblank and integral with the ball race, one of said flanges being continuouswith themetal at oneside of the ball race, and being bent-inwardly .at its edge to engage. theother flange. i." v "I j 6 As an. article-of manufacturefafball race for the purposedescribed formed from a circular blank of sheet metal centrally perforated and provided with a circular groove semi-circular in cross-section to form the ball race proper and having two flanges of cylindrical shape, one at the outerfside of the ball race and the other at 'tlie inneriside formed from said blank and integra'lwith the ball race, one 'ofsaid flanges being continuous with the metal at one side of the ball race, and one of said flanges "being bent inwardly in .a' plane to form acircular wall ngaging the convex surface opposite'th'e ballracef '7. As an article of manufacture, ball race for the purpose described formed from a circular blank centrally perforated of sheet metal and provided with a circular groove semi-circular in cross section 'toform the ball race proper and having two flanges of cylindrical shape, one atthe outer side of the ball race and the other at the inner side formed from said'blank and integral with the ballrace, one of said'fianges being continuous with the metal at one side of the ball race, and extending around the opposite side of the ball race into contact with the other flange.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affiXed ysi nature l f S QN-Yf 

